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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring
Yea well for example the drug companies could afford to fix up Walter Reed ten times over and still have billions and billions of profit to stash away. They decide to not do so because they don't want to pay to the veterans or soldiers any more then they have to. They are what the US military defends.
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Notwithstanding the fact that the government let Walter Reed get that way to begin with, having pharmaceutical companies throw billions of dollars at the problem wouldn't solve it for long. Walter Reed's problem wasn't that the facility was inadequate, the problem was that it was not well-maintained and provided poor service. That's what happens in a government monopoly.
Our private hospitals, on the other hand, are amongst the best in the world, if not
the best overall, and consistently provide first-rate service because of the profit motive. If I had my leg blown off, I'd rather be at one of those.
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But it doesn't surprise me that an American would be willing to trade their flag for a buck.
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Why trade when you can have both? That flag represents a nation built upon individual liberties and free trade. There is nothing unpatriotic about private industry, certainly not moreso than government in any case.